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Michigan Guard Airman builds partnership in Liberia
January 13, 2012
Air Force Master Sgt. Leslie Blanks returned home to Michigan, Jan. 6, 2012, after a 6-month deployment to Liberia. Blanks is a member of the 127th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich. The Michigan National Guard and the Armed Forces of Liberia recently entered into a partnership program. Blanks worked as a mentor and adviser to a group of Liberian military personnel during his deployment.
National Guard part of team standardizing Army disability evaluations
January 13, 2012
Army Brig. Gen. Brian C. Lein, the command surgeon for U.S. Army Forces Command, gives guidance at Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan., 12, 2012, to a team charged with establishing an Army-wide standardized disability evaluation process. The result of the team's efforts will improve the Army's portion of the Department of Defense's Integrated Disability Evaluation System, through which it is determined whether or not service members are fit for continued service.
New York Air National Guard evacuates burned fishermen to New Zealand
January 13, 2012
A New York Air National Guard LC-130 assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing takes off in Antarctica.
Panetta: King renewed promise of America's dream
January 13, 2012
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta
Silver Star recipient's memorabilia given to Florida Guard armory
January 13, 2012
Florida Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Carlton Cooley accepts the Silver Star medal of Staff Sgt. Robert Evans from Evans' neices Deborah Lynne Evans Watts (center) and Beverly Evans Srock, at the National Guard Armory in Sanford, Fla., Jan. 10, 2012. Evans, a medic serving with the 124th Infantry Regiment's Medical Detachment, was awarded a posthumous Silver Star after he died in action in the Philippines in 1945. The armory, which was later named after Evans, is now home to B Company, 2nd Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment. In this photo, Srock is holding a black-and-white photo of Evans' brother Earl receiving the Silver Star for his late brother
Trainee controllers gain skills at Selfridge Air Guard base
January 13, 2012
Airman 1st Class Leah Ned, a member of the Louisiana Air National Guard, points to a mark that represents the location of an aircraft on a simulated radar control screen at the Air Traffic Control Tower at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., Jan. 8, 2012. Selfridge is one of several locations in the Air National Guard where air traffic control trainees receive the hands-on portion of their training to become certified as controllers by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Air Guard's 174th Fighter Wing writing the book on Air Force MQ-9 maintenance
January 13, 2012
Members of the 174th Fighter Wing maintenance group prepare a MQ-9 Reaper for its initial taxi at Wheeler-Sack Army Air Field at Fort Drum, N.Y., on June 30, 2011. The pre-taxi activity took place in temporary hanger space provided by the Army's 10th Mountain Division. This milestone represented the unit's first step toward flying the MQ-9 from its detachment at Fort Drum. The wing is based at Hancock Field in Syracuse, N.Y.
Missouri Guard course focuses on creating well-rounded, physically fit Soldiers
January 11, 2012
Missouri Army National Guard 1st Lt. Adam Von Allmen, center, conducts a high-kick drill as part of the 140th Regiment Missouri Regional Training Institute's Unit Fitness Coordinator Course at Fort Leonard Wood on Dec. 14, 2011.
Wisconsin's first Armed Forces Reserve Center opens
January 11, 2012
Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, with Wisconsin military leadership, cuts the ribbon at the Armed Forces Reserve Center's opening ceremony on Madison's east side on Jan. 7, 2012. The AFRC will house approximately 800 service members from the Wisconsin Army and Air National Guard, as well as the Army, Navy and Marine Corps Reserves.
41 years: Florida Air Guard's last Vietnam veteran retires
January 11, 2012
lorida Air National Guard Command Chief Master Sgt. Charles Wisniewski salutes during his retirement ceremony at the Florida National Guard Headquarters in St. Augustine, Fla., Jan. 6, 2012. Wisniewski, the last member of the Florida Air National Guard to have served in the Vietnam conflict, had more than 40 years of military service during his career.